Improvement in paper-files



fiat-Jenidbllllire saw EDWIN J ORANiE, or .LA FORTE, INDIANA.

ettrs Patent No. 102,918, dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-FILES.

The Schedule referred to in these LettexsPatent and making'part of thesame.

To whom it may canoe-rip Be it known that I, EDWIN J. Cantu, of the cityof La Porte, in the county of La Porto and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and-useful Improvemcnt in Paper-Files; ,and I" do declarethat the following is a true and accurate description thereof, relcrcncebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference.marked thereon, and beinga part of this specification.

Figure l is a view ofmy invention in perspective.

The nature of this invention relates to an improve meat in paper-files,and consists in a novel guard-plate or thumb-plate, D, hereinafterdescribed, and in the combination and. arrangement of its several parts,more particularly described below.

In the draWingsp A represents the plate by which the file is suspended,

provided with a proper opening near its top for that v purpose.

To the center vertically of this plate, in a proper sleeve securedthereto, a wire is firmly attached, which. wire, passing downward belowsaid plate, is cru'yed outward and upward, making the hook B, whicht'er- -1niuates in a sharp point nearly opposite tlrecenterof the plateA, and at a little distance from it.

Similarly'thewire passingto near the top ofthe plate A, and bendingoutward and downward, making the hook O, is providcdwith a guard, 1*, alittle larger than the wire itself, which guard has a suitable recessfor the reception of the point oi the hook B.

Athumb-plate, D, provided with a suit-able opening,

. is attached to a wire, which, in turn, is sccuredt-o the centervertically of the plate A, a little above its horizontalccnter, and isbent down a little, so that, the

outer end of tlic thumb-plate presses continually against the hook B, alittle below its point.

\ The spring of the thumb-platcis outward, and that of the hooks B and Gis inward.

' hen the point of the hook B is disengaged fronr the guard F, for thepurpose of filing or removing papers, the spring of the hook G and ofthe guard-plate l) carries the guard F into the opening in theguardplate, as shown by the dotted line E, and secures all papers whichmay be upon the hook O; at the same time, the outward pressure of theguard-plate secures all papers which may be upon the hook B.

In tiling papers the point of the hook Bis disengaged from the guard F,and the papers are pressed down over said point. If tliereis a greataccumulation of papers, those already upon the file,'or a portion ofthem, may he slipped up over the guard 'F upon the hook. 0- before otherpapers are placed upon the hook B. So in withdrawing particular papers,those above it may he slipped up over' the guard l Pefore the point ofthe hook B isdisengaged, and the required papers removed.

The advantages of thisdevice may be found in the security intherctention of papers, and the convenience in handling them.

Having thusfully set forth the nature and merits of my device,

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The paper-file above described, consisting of the plate A, the hooks B"and O, the thumb-plate D, and the guard I", constructed, combined, andarrauged to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

' E. J. CRANE.

Witnesses E. Nrounnsox, JO N D. Rmermnn.

